Factors Associated with Persistent Sputum Positivity at the End of the Second Month of Tuberculosis Treatment in Lithuania

Factors Associated with Persistent Sputum Positivity at the End of the Second Month of Tuberculosis Treatment in Lithuania

Background Non-conversion of sputum smear and culture prolongs the infectivity of the patient and has been associated with unfavorable outcomes. We aimed to evaluate factors associated with persistent sputum positivity at the end of two months of treatment of new case pulmonary tuberculosis (TB...

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Main Authors: Saulius Diktanas, M.D., Edita Vasiliauskiene, M.S., Katazyna Polubenko, Edvardas Danila, M.D., Indre Celedinaite, Evelina Boreikaite, Kipras Misiunas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2018-07-01
Series:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Subjects:
tuberculosis
risk factors
treatment outcome
sputum
Online Access:https://e-trd.org/search.php?where=aview&id=10.4046/trd.2017.0096&code=0003TRD&vmode=FULL

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